A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Makaloa
Cyperus laevigatus
Dense native stems shelter waterbirds and help hold wetland soil.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Keep the root zone continuously wet for full growth; allow space for its spreading colony.
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Moist to wet
- Mature size
- 1–2½ ft tall · Up to 8 ft wide
- Season of interest
- Year-round foliage
- Local climate
- Choose by island, elevation, and rainfall.
- Garden role
- A compact wetland sedge
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of umbrella sedge.
Cyperus involucratus
Try makaloa for a compact wetland sedge.
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Photo credits & licenses
Makaloa: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Umbrella sedge: Maja Dumat · CC BY 2.0
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